Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

World

Beekeepers create buzz with UK parliament

Worried beekeepers have staged a gathering outside Britain's parliament to call for a ban on pesticides blamed for a drop in bee numbers.
April 27, 2013, 9:30 am
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Guan fires 69 to make PGA cut at New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AFP) - Chinese phenomenon Guan Tianlang fired a three-under-par 69 to make the cut in the US PGA Tour Zurich Classic a fortnight after his historic weekend at the Masters.
April 27, 2013, 9:17 am

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Vodafone investors want bigger bid or full takeover by Verizon

By Sinead Cruise and Chris Vellacott
LONDON (Reuters) - Six major Vodafone investors said $100 billion (64.5 billion pounds) was not enough for the British company's stake in its U.S. j...
April 27, 2013, 8:04 am

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Churchill to be on UK bank note

Wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's portrait will be featured on a new British five-pound note to be issued in 2016.
April 27, 2013, 6:35 am

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Magic moment for William and Kate

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have opened the STG100 million Warner Bros studios in Leavesden near Watford.
April 27, 2013, 6:35 am

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Part of 9/11 plane's landing gear found

A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the September 11 attacks has been found wedged between two New York buildings.
April 27, 2013, 6:34 am

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WTO must adapt to new pacts to thaw talks - Mexico hopeful

By Simon Gardner
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The World Trade Organisation can break a deadlock in global trade talks if it adapts to a flurry of bilateral trade initiatives and overhauls it...
April 27, 2013, 6:20 am
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Iceland government heads for defeat as centre right revives

By Balazs Koranyi
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelanders fed up with austerity are set to oust the ruling Social Democrats in elections on Saturday after being wooed with promises of tax cuts...
April 27, 2013, 6:16 am

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Judge won't block SEC use of recording against Goldman's Tourre

By Nate Raymond
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three years after Fabrice Tourre became the face of a major U.S. regulatory action against Goldman Sachs Group Inc , a newly uncovered p...
April 27, 2013, 5:37 am

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First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Japanese fishing boat that washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California, officials said Friday.
April 27, 2013, 5:36 am

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Clearwire investor Aurelius sues Clearwire directors and Sprint

(Reuters) - Aurelius Capital, a big shareholder in U.S. wireless service provider Clearwire Corp , filed a lawsuit against Clearwire directors and Sprint Nextel Corp over Spr...
April 27, 2013, 5:17 am

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Analysis - Chinese strong talk on yuan reform masks policy quandary

By Pete Sweeney and Lu Jianxin
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank has been talking tough on currency reform while it has also intensified market intervention, highlighting the fi...
April 27, 2013, 5:06 am

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Italy's Letta wins confidence vote after pledging growth drive

By James Mackenzie
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta won his first vote of confidence in parliament on Monday after promising to press for a change to the Europea...
April 27, 2013, 4:31 am

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Sprint sets tentative date for investor vote for SoftBank deal

(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp has set June 12 as the tentative date for a special meeting for shareholders to vote on its proposed $20.1 billion (12.9 billion pounds) deal with SoftBank C...
April 27, 2013, 4:03 am

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China tells France it wants more balanced trade

SHANGHAI (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande wrapped up a two-day visit to China Friday, confident that France could achieve more balanced trade with the world's second largest economy.
April 27, 2013, 3:50 am

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Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence

By Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapons would be a "game changer" for the United States b...
April 27, 2013, 3:36 am
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Obama - Chemical weapons use in Syria would be "game changer"

By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad on Friday that any use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war wou...
April 27, 2013, 3:36 am
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Bomb blast near Pakistan party office kills 10

KARACHI (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and 17 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a secular party's election office in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi late Friday, officials said, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
April 27, 2013, 3:33 am

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